More on Andres Torres

John Shea from the ballpark, where the Buster Show is in its 22nd day . . .

Andres Torres’ game-ending hit Wednesday, which bounced over the fence, was a single instead of a ground-rule double because the bases were loaded and the Giants needed just one run to win. According to rule 10.06 (f), it would have been a double if there had been a runner at second (or first and second), and if Torres bothered to touch second base.

Torres said first-base coach Roberto Kelly advised him to stay at first. “You try to drive in the run. That’s the most important thing,” Torres said. “I wasn’t thinking about a double, to be honest.”

Yeah, but Torres has a team-high 32 doubles and ranks second in the league. He’s on target for 50. Jeff Kent owns the San Francisco record with 49.

Torres, 32, had just 12 career doubles before this season. Manager Bruce Bochy called him “a front-line leadoff hitter” and “a great story.”

Before today’s game, Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez recalled scouting Torres when Torres was in high school in Puerto Rico. Rodriguez worked for the Twins and wanted to sign him, but the organization said he was too small — 5-foot-8, 155 pounds, Rodriguez said. Plus he wasn’t a switch-hitter yet.

“I’ve known him since he was 14,” Rodriguez told reporters. “It’s good to see him having success, even if he’s having success against us. It’s good to see. He’s been battling for years in the minor leagues.”

What did Rodriguez see at 14?

“First his speed. Second his defense,” Rodriguez said. “Back then every game I scouted when he was in the game, at least one play back then would have been a big-league play. A diving catch, a running catch, a throw. He oucld make it to the big leagues with just those two, and then the bat came later.”

Torres became a switch-hitter at Miami-Dade Community College and signed with the Tigers as a non-drafted free agent in 1998. He played for several organizations: White Sox, Rangers, Twins, Tigers (twice), Cubs. His only time in the bigs before signing with the Giants came with the Tigers and Rangers, a total of 89 games.